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Subject: Sign something here in Halo 2's "Funeral Booklet"

When people were rude to me, I used to carry their food around in my trousers.

Halo 2. You were the greatest game I have ever, and will ever play. My love for you will know no bounds. May you rest in peace forever. I love you.

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  • 04.15.2010 1:22 AM PDT

I couldn't afford a 360, so I bought an Original Xbox, Halo 2 and a month of Xbox live. It was awesome from the beginning, when I came first on my very first game which was in rumble pit too. RIP Halo 2 - you will be missed by many.

  • 04.15.2010 1:30 AM PDT

Halo 2.. i gave you way more time than i should have, and met many many good friends because of you, 6 of which have been my best of friends for almost 5 years now. 1 of which has been my partner for a year now, thats right Halo 2 i met my girlfriend because of you and its the story both of us tell whenever we get asked.

i have many many good times in this game, getting betrayed by my friends in a warthog on Turf Catching my friends rockets in the head on Terminal. i had many. MANY great times because of this game and it will be missed. see you Later Halo 2, maybe we'll meet again at a LAN sometime.

  • 04.15.2010 1:31 AM PDT

Halo 2 wasn't just popular, it was popular for years - Jaime Griesemer (Gameplay Design Lead)

Halo 2 You where the greatest Xbox game I ever play hours hours I play when I come home from school, showing me the way of online gaming on the console. Proving the FPS game on console can be play and against other people on Xbox LIVE.

  • 04.15.2010 1:32 AM PDT

FRIENDS: Shoot U Up, Natedogr, Commander Cody, green grunt, Present Darkness, Sergeant Keslo, Jedi Poet, Bacon 117, DerTrommler12873, Piejue, eggyghost, noreality

It's been a long time. It started 4 1/2 years ago for me, on a fateful day in October. I'm incredibly sad to see you go; it seems like just yesterday I was staying up til the sun came up, just to get outside one more map and share the beauty of it with people I would never see in real life. I'll never forget the friends that I made, the laughs that I shared, and the epic moments I had. Halo 2 was an important factor of my teenage years, and it got me through some tough times, when life just seemed to kick me around. It also helped me bond with my dad, when I asked him to play with me. I didn't care that he couldn't figure out how to jump and move at the same time, or that he couldn't shoot worth a damn. Being able to share something with my dad like I had never done before truly meant a lot to me. After putting all of that into words, I'm not ashamed to admit I teared up a little. For all of this, I can never thank Bungie enough. But I can try.

Thank you, Bungie. And thank you, Halo 2. It meant the world to me. I doubt I'll ever have an experience like this again.

-SwordoftheJedi

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  • 04.15.2010 1:35 AM PDT
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And there it went...

Dear H2, I got you for Christmas the year you came out. I didnt have online, so I went to my buddy Kevins house to play online every single day til I had my own account and everything, which was at least 2 years later. I played from the start, and I am currently playing to the finish. Thanks for all the memories Bungie, this is truly one of the greatest online games ever made.

Long time fan,
-Zach

  • 04.15.2010 1:36 AM PDT

I see you seeing this!

First game played: 4/2/2005 11:43:39 AM PST
Signed off the Deuce for the last time: 4/15/2010 12:42:23 AM PST

5 years and 11,662 games...what a run, thank you Bungie.

  • 04.15.2010 1:37 AM PDT

Posted by: Yahtzee
It's a fascinating voyage of pain and despair that leaves you emotionally drained and satisfied, like f­ucking a burning dolphin.

They say you never truly appreciate what you have until it's gone. They're right.

Farewell, old friend.

  • 04.15.2010 1:39 AM PDT

Halo 2, I know we haven't known each other very long, about 2 months now, but I know if I had met you sooner I would feel exactly the same way about you.

I will miss you forever, and I wish I had known you sooner.

[Edited on 04.15.2010 1:46 AM PDT]

  • 04.15.2010 1:41 AM PDT
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Comin out of the darkness dual wielding LAZORS

Thanks Halo 2
-For making want to play your campaign 14 times over :)
-for giving me a good idea of what a game should be
-teaching me to teabag

  • 04.15.2010 1:42 AM PDT

"What do you hear?"
"Nothing but the rain."
"Then grab your gun and bring in the cat."
"Boom, boom, boom!"

Awww man, I suck at goodbyes...

- Goodbye Halo 2. Though we may have known each other since your launch and had our rough times online in the past, it was only until recently that I discovered how much fun you could be. Tonight, was blast and will forever live on in my mind. Thanks for the fun Halo 2. Thanks...for the memories. <3 -

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  • 04.15.2010 1:43 AM PDT

Me: "Dude what time did you turn -blam!- today?"
Friend: "When?"
Me: "8 a clock"
Friend "I hate you"

Halo 2 will always be my favorite multiplayer experience.

Farewell Halo 2!
I love you Bungie!

  • 04.15.2010 1:47 AM PDT

Posted by: winger3000
go play some team spelling

Thanks for the greatness you've given in the XBL community. Passing many other good games and claiming the number one spot as yours. Thanks for giving me countless hours of gaming and dedication. Thanks for being awesome. <3

  • 04.15.2010 1:47 AM PDT

For a game such as Halo 2, there really aren't words to describe how I feel about it going down or how to say "Goodbye". Halo 2 was an amazing game, a game that I loved playing for five years and still love playing.

I've met friends who I would have never met otherwise because of this game. Some of these friends are the ones I hold dearest in my heart because of my history with them and how this game brought us together.

Every matchmaking game from Team Slayer, to Rumble Pit, to Big Team Battle; they will all be remembered and cherished. Every custom game as well will be remembered. Zombies, Braveheart/Troy on Coag, Cat n' Mouse, Tremors, and every other game I've played. I can't leave out those hour long matches on Coag of two flag CTF I've had; those will go down as some of the most epic games I've ever played.

I'd like to thank Bungie for providing an experience only one other game in my life has ever come close to. Halo 2 was and will always be a masterpiece in video games.

Halo 2, you've served us for so many years. As silly as this sounds, rest in peace and continue kicking ass and helping Bungie with their quest for World Domination even in 'death'.

It's funny, isn't it. We've given this game a personality, a character. We're like a bunch of sailors saying goodbye to their warship one last time.

Thank you all for five years of Halo 2 over LIVE. It's been great playing with you all.

  • 04.15.2010 1:47 AM PDT

Awesome game, wish I had more time with it. Halo 2 online you are missed

  • 04.15.2010 1:48 AM PDT

Spelling doesn't count past 3 AM.
Some guy made this for me
Posted by: StP Scar
Sounds like a bunch of Justin Bieber wannabes in here. I bet you all wear skinny jeans too.

Thanks for the epic memories over all these years.

-Skinny.

  • 04.15.2010 1:55 AM PDT

"I was born with Halo, live with Halo...die with Halo."
Bungie forever7 <3
Guide to Canon in the Halo Universe

Im a Bungie veteran. I have and always will serve them well.

To the game that was apart of the heart of our beloved Halo...for one of the best games ever made...Thank you Halo 2. May the memories always live on.

RIP 4/15/2010

  • 04.15.2010 2:11 AM PDT

Gamertag: Reptile7
Deadly Aneurysm

- 5 Years of crappy lag.
- 5 Years of dealing with modders.
- 5 Years of B.S. deaths.

- ... but to be honest, I wouldn't have had it any other way. 5 Years of bodacious awesomeness. We will always love and remember our time with you Halo 2.

[Edited on 04.15.2010 2:17 AM PDT]

  • 04.15.2010 2:16 AM PDT
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Join KOTOR!

I intend to live forever, or die trying.

Xbox Live launched November 15th, 2002 but I didn't join the fun until Christmas. I was nothing more than a 16 year old boy who had heard about the future of gaming through this a gaming magazine that had a piece about Halo CE, and it was through Bungie.net that I met my first group of XBL friends. I jumped in Star Wars Battlefront for my very first game, and was amazed by what I saw. The ability to play video games with people without having to go to their houses was unfathomable to me. Over the course of that first year, I made many new friends, saw the introduction of DLC, and then fell in love with the original Xbox and started what has since been a life long love affair with the online games.

Then Halo 2 came out, and it changed everything.

Now, I do feel some of the earlier games haven't received the lovin that they deserve. Everyone has made a big deal over the loss of Halo 2 but hardly anyone has mentioned Bloodwake or Battlefront or Mech Assault. Halo 2 was different than those other games, and I'm sure everyone has their own reasons why. Nothing will ever top the competitive gaming I had in Bloodwake, as I literally was a beast in a speedboat with mounted guns and rockets. So what made Halo 2, well, Halo 2?

Halo 2 hit me during that weird time in my life where I was too young to have any real responsibilities but I was too old to be a child. That's the time in my life when I had the most free time, and Halo 2 filled that void. For starters, Halo 2 would not have been what it was without Bungie. Bungie changed the face of XBL forever. Between their matchmaking, constant updates, DLC, stat tracking, and even incorporating Halo 2's features in through their website, Bungie cared in a way that no other game developer had shown before. But we all know that or we would not be here. The purpose of this post was not to thank Bungie. This is my 5th year here. I'm not going anywhere. If I didn't appreciate what Bungie has done, I would have packed up and left a long time ago. Bungie continues to show their appreciation for their fans through their little messages in their games and videos, but they know the feeling is mutual. The numbers don't lie. I didn't play thousand of games of Halo 2 over two XBL accounts because I hated it. But there is something deeper about Halo 2. Something that is often overlooked and not mentioned. Something that even Bungie could not have foreseen. For all they did with Halo 2, they continued on with and improved in Halo 3. But Halo 3 is not and never will be Halo 2 in my eyes and the eyes of many, and it isn't because Bungie stopped caring. The difference between Halo 2 and every other video game I have ever played is simple.

The difference is you.

The community for Halo 2 has been unlike anything I've ever witnessed before. Anytime I jumped on xbox live from 2004 until as recently as 2007, it was guaranteed that at least a dozen of my friends would be online and ready to play. Thats almost 3 solid years of top notch game play. Think of all the grenades you've thrown, head shots you've made, and flags you've captured. They outnumber the blue screens you were standbyed in, and the glitchers you faced. I've easily played over ten thousand games on Xbox Live, and they were always more fun when they were played with you guys. The kills, the wins, the jokes... it's all been fun. I know it's not over, but the closing of Halo 2 and all the original titles with it signifies the end of an era. It's an era we will only be able to relive in our minds and in our hearts, and its a place that although we'll never be able to go back to, it'll always leave a warm feeling.

Ironically enough, I barely play Halo 2 or any other orginal Xbox titles online anymore, and it took the closing down of the old games to drag me back onto many games I had not played in years and probably would not have played if it were not for this event. So in a way, I'm glad they shut it down. This way I'd be able to say good bye on my terms. I'm 21 years old now yet I've seen more than my share of online gaming. Things will never be as they once were. I'll never have the free time I had, and I'll never lack the responsibilities again, but I'm fine with that. The one thing that I'm going to miss the most is the time I've spent with you guys. We've all come a long way in the last 5 years, even those of us that had come a long way prior to Halo 2. I don't get to talk to you guys or shoot with you guys or joke with you guys as much as we used to, and it might never be as frequent again, but when I think of Halo 2 I don't think of the cheaters or the head shots or the leveling up.

I think of you.

So thanks.

  • 04.15.2010 2:33 AM PDT
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Member of Bungie.net since 11/19/2007.
Member of Xbox Live since August 2004

Well, that about covers it.

I've been a day one player of Halo 2, Halo 3, and ODST (And soon Reach), but Halo 2 was the game I felt that delivered the hype. I too like many others waited in line for Halo 2's release on November 8th 2004. It was brutal, they wouldn't let us move around much or use the restroom and such. In the end it was worth it.

I even remember my first online game, I joined in a custom slayer game with a buddy of mine on Waterworks. When that game ended I was amazed to discover that my favorite Halo CE map was remade. (Coagulation if I spelled that right) I even said "Is this blood gulch?!" to all those in the game. It was a good night. I had many good times of playing splitscreen online with my buds against others in team games. Sadly that came to an end when I had to move in April 05.

After about 4 months or so when I moved I joined a clan called the Suicyed Squad, it was a clan all about messing around and having fun. I joined pretty late in it's life cycle (Apparently it was around back in 2003 in Halo CE's pc days) but I'm glad I joined when I did. If not I wouldn't have gotten my signature move on Halo, the FROJOE!!! Simply it's suicide bombing yourself with the rocket launcher and hoping you take out as many as possible. I could list every single memory I have with the Suicyed Squad, but I don't want to leave a giant post.

After the 360 launched we drifted apart. Most of the clan is gone now. Only about 3 members are still around last I recall. We did all come back together for Halo 3, but it wasn't the same nor did it last as long.

I feel Halo 3 is the better game compared to Halo 2 now, but Halo 2 provided the best memories and good times overall. It's sad that I have to say goodbye, but I'd rather have it die then to be prolonged with little to no player population even if the original Live servers didn't shut down.

Goodbye Halo 2, you'll be missed greatly old friend. On a side note I agree, BXR is cheating.

[Edited on 04.15.2010 2:38 AM PDT]

  • 04.15.2010 2:36 AM PDT
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Thanks to Bungie for making Halo 2, and thanks for all the good times. You will be greatly missed.

Halo 2 R.I.P. 2004-2010

Good bye.

  • 04.15.2010 2:38 AM PDT

Got to go guys... It's
HAMMERTIME!

Halo 2 shall be remembered for not just the idiotically funny things ive achieved on multiplayer, but how it changed the way we looked at halo. This was one of the best games ever created on the original xbox and a massive step up from halo 1. The campaign was arguably the best campaign of all the current halos released.
Thanks for changing the gaming world and the halo universe!
Rest in peace.

***Gun salute***

  • 04.15.2010 2:52 AM PDT

Don't take life too seriously, no one gets out alive anyway.

Australia

H2, You gave me countless nights of 4player split screen LAN's on Headlong at my place. Such good memories...

R.I.P

  • 04.15.2010 2:53 AM PDT

"It doesn't matter what I say, since Halo is already more popular than god!" - Zero Punctuation, Halo 3 review

theres still time for one more gg

  • 04.15.2010 2:54 AM PDT